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By Marialuisa Taddia
Stowe Family Law LLP is hardly the glitziest holding Investcorp has had in its private equity portfolio, having taken Tiffany & Co. and Gucci Group public.
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By Sophia Dourou
A senior tax barrister cheated the public purse out of almost £2 million ($2.7 million) through a series of "ela...(read more)
By Ashish Sareen
Knights said on Wednesday that it expects to report that revenue has exceeded £200 million ($268 million) for th...(read more)
A former criminal law specialist at a firm in northeast England has been barred from practicing after he deliberately directed a client to pay into his personal bank account more than £5,000 ($6,698) intended for his firm in legal fees.
Boodle Hatfield LLP said Tuesday that its revenue has come close to the £50 million ($67 million) mark for the first time, reporting a 14.9% rise in annual turnover as its focus on private capital clients continued to fuel growth.
By Joanne Faulkner
Litigation funder Innsworth told the High Court on Tuesday that the distribution of a £200 million ($268 million) settlement from a U.K. mass claim against Mastercard is "illogical" and "flawed" in the first case to test a Competition Appeal Tribunal settlement decision.
The Law Society warned Tuesday that the legal ombudsman's proposal to improve complaints handling standards across the sector risks failing to deliver meaningful change without a clear plan to get the weakest-performing firms to adopt its model.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said on Monday that it has boosted its antitrust team in London and Brussels with the appointment of four partners from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP said Monday that it has hired a team of five lawyers from Dechert LLP in Paris to continue its international expansion in life sciences and healthcare technology.
By William Janes
Womble Bond Dickinson has beaten claims that it gave negligent advice which caused a £126 million ($169 million) apartment redevelopment deal to collapse, as a London court ruled on Monday that the firm's guidance was "reasonable and accurate."
The Bar Standards Board has become the first major legal services regulator in England and Wales to issue detailed guidance on lawyers' use of artificial intelligence, warning barristers on Monday to treat agentic AI systems as high risk and approach them with "absolute caution."
Irwin Mitchell LLP said Friday that it is winding down its volume wills service to focus on more complex private client matters, with "a small number" of partners exiting the firm as part of a broader shift to higher-value legal work.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has recorded a 58% increase in misconduct reports over the last two years as it seeks higher fees to strengthen its capacity to regulate the profession and improve protection for consumers.
By Laura Stewart Liberty
Over the past week, Vinson & Elkins hired Ashurst's energy M&A head, White & Case tapped a Baker McKenzie infrastructure partner after a string of exits, Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen hired a construction partner from Quinn Emanuel, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher added a second restructuring partner from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett this year.
Freshfields LLP appointed a new managing partner for the U.K. on Thursday, naming private capital partner Victoria Sigeti as successor to Mark Sansom.